Nicaragua Faces UN Scrutiny Over Human Rights Violations and Repression

A panel of United Nations human rights experts pressed the international community on Thursday to take action against Nicaragua’s leaders, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, for what they described as systematic violations amounting to crimes...

Nicaragua: Call to Take Ortega Minions to the World Court

Nicaragua’s co-presidents Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega For the first time, the UN General Assembly hears a report documenting the crimes against humanity committed by the Ortega-Murillo regime. By Confidencial HAVANA TIMES – The Group of...

Nicaragua creates special economic zones for Belt and Road companies

With the aim of strengthening national development, these special economic zones will operate under a special regime that grants ample incentives to enterprises participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative The National Commission of Free...

Nicaraguan Businessman Sues Citi Over $270K Account Freeze

By Katryna Perera ( October 30, 2025, 8:22 PM EDT) -- A Nicaraguan businessman has sued Citibank in Florida federal court, alleging the bank froze and closed his accounts holding more than $270,000 without explanation and has failed to return the...

Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica Found Direct Line With Landfall Of Hurricane Melissa At Jamaica!!! Watch For Major Earthquakes, Tsunami, Too!!!

Have now gone and checked the globe with Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica and come up with NICARAGUA!!! Right near it and with the same measurement was also Guatemala along with a few other key places such as Costa Rica, where a big earthquake and a...

Nicaraguan Gov. to Give Tax Exemptions to Chinese Companies

Laureano Ortega Murillo will head the Belt and Road Initiative in Nicaragua. Photo: CCC The creation of Special Economic Zones rewards investors with tax, customs, port, border, and administrative incentives. By Confidencial HAVANA TIMES – The...

World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua

It marks the third large-scale combined strike in October on energy facilities in civilian areas – leading to major power outages. At least two more civilians were killed – with 23 injured, including six children – in Zaporizhzhia, which was...

World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua

It marks the third large-scale combined strike in October on energy facilities in civilian areas – leading to major power outages. At least two more civilians were killed – with 23 injured, including six children – in Zaporizhzhia, which was...

UN Group of Experts urges international community to hold Government accountable for rights violations and protect Nicaraguans in exile: Nicaragua

OHCHR NEW YORK – The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua called on the international community to hold Nicaragua’s Government accountable for serious human rights violations and international crimes as it presented its findings to the...

Nicaragua Is A Magical Christmas Vacation—With Parades And Winter Sun

The view from Granada’s Iglesia de la Merced, or “Church of Mercy” Vicky Smith Nicaragua isn’t an obvious vacation destination. It suffers from the reputation of its tumultuous past—including the Nicaraguan Revolution, which ended in 1990 after...

Nicaragua: Friends of Cuba predict UN victory against US blockade

In a statement to which Prensa Latina had access, the Love for Cuba group and other solidarity associations recalled that, despite years of harassment, “they could not yield the heroic people of (Jose) Marti and Fidel (Castro),” who have resisted...

Nicaragua defeats ICSID claim over seizure of avocado farm

Credit: Shutterstock/anarociogf An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal has dismissed a US company’s US$286 million claim against Nicaragua over the seizure of its avocado plantation by paramilitary groups,...

Mother-daughter team brings Nicaraguan culture to area with store, restaurant in Wausau

WAUSAU, Wis. (WJFW) — Nina’s Grocery is a new business that opened about a month ago and it’s helping spread Nicaraguan culture in central Wisconsin. The restaurant and grocery store sells Nicaraguan groceries and Mexican and Nicaraguan dishes....

Central American Games: Belize Beach Volleyball Teams bow out after hard-fought battles against Nicaragua, Guatemala

Views: 23 Views: 22 Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025. 12:17 pm CST. Belize’s Clara Sabal, left, and Aaliyah Pilgrim against Guatemala on Saturday, October 25, 2025. Photo Credit: XII Juegos Centroamericanos Guatemala 2025 By Rubén Morales...

Burckhardt Compression delivers optimised compression solution for LNG terminals in Nicaragua and the Bahamas

Burckhardt Compression, a global leader in reciprocating compressor systems, has delivered a turnkey compression solution for a leading manufacturer of engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment and small scale LNG and industrial gas plants at...

In El Salvador, a ‘Shadow Cabinet’ of Venezuelans Runs the Show

In August, the Salvadoran National Assembly approved a series of constitutional reforms extending president Nayib Bukele’s term from five to six years and allowing for indefinite reelection. In response, the U.S. State Department issued a...

The Greater Caribbean speaks out against US interference

Lawmakers from more than a dozen countries reaffirmed in Caracas the willingness to articulate a common response to the U.S. military threat. Caracas hosted the Meeting of Parliamentarians of the Greater Caribbean for Peace. Photo: Jorge Rodríguez...

Germany coordinated ICJ testimony on arms exports with Israel: Documents

As Germany faces accusations of "complicity in genocide" over the war in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), documents from its own defense ministry suggest Berlin provided incomplete testimony in close coordination with Israel....

Will the Intelligence Committees Meet the Challenge of CIA Covert Action in Venezuela?

Published on October 31, 2025 Editor’s Note This article is part of Just Security‘s Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers Listen to Article President Donald Trump has confirmed that he has authorized CIA “covert action” in...

Best Beaches for every month of the year

3.4K There’s a beach for everyone and for every month: from the stunning sands of Latin America, to the beautiful British coast, onwards to the Mediterranean and then down to a Pacific island paradise. JANUARY – San Juan del Sur Bay, Nicaragua...